recompression chamber

[ ree-kuhm-presh-uhn ]

noun

1. hyperbaric chamber.

Word History and Origins

Origin of recompression chamber¹

First recorded in 1950–55; re- + compression

Example Sentences

More resources were on the way, including multiple remote-operated vehicles, a salvage system capable of recovering heavy undersea objects and a mobile hyperbaric recompression chamber.

From Washington Times

More resources were on the way, including multiple remote-operated vehicles, a salvage system capable of recovering heavy undersea objects and a mobile hyperbaric recompression chamber.

From Seattle Times

There was a robot capable of searching 13,000 feet below the ocean’s surface, and a hyperbaric recompression chamber used to treat diving-related illnesses.

From New York Times

A Royal Canadian Navy ship that provides a medical team specializing in dive medicine and a six-person mobile hyperbaric recompression chamber also was en route Tuesday, according to the Canadian military.

From Washington Times

Another vessel on its way on Tuesday, from the Royal Canadian Navy, is equipped with a hyperbaric recompression chamber, used to treat diving-related illness.

From New York Times